Think Like an Artist | Schotter's Art Room

WHERE AND HOW ARTISTS GET IDEAS?

"How artists get ideas" is a theme that should be examined…
Artists create a representation of the world they perceive and in a fashion that gives a better understanding than written or spoken language can do.
Artists’ ideas have always dealt with birth, love, death, beliefs, rituals, heredity and what it means to be human. The themes don't change. What changes is the society, the technology, the issues, the controversies.
The artist observes and offers a less literal view.

LEARNING TO THINK LIKE AN ARTIST MEANS:

looking at things more closely than most people do.
finding beauty in everyday things and situations.
making new connections between different things and ideas.
going beyond ordinary ways of thinking and doing things.
looking at things in different ways in order to generate new perspectives.
taking risks and exposing yourself to possible failure.
arranging things in new and interesting ways.
working hard and at the edge of your potential.
persisting where others may give up.
concentrating your effort and attention for long periods of time.
dreaming and fantasizing about things.
using old ideas to create new ideas and ways of seeing things.
doing something simply because it's interesting and personally challenging to do.

What do Artist Do?

Remember
Create
Imagine
Feel
Observe
Distort

Invent
Play
Repeat
Transform
Plan
Investigate

Analyze
Symbolize
Transformation
Fragment
Metamorphosize
Hybridize

Symbolize
Transfer
Repeat
Distort
Fantasize
Experiment

The personality, feelings, and convictions of an artist that comes through in the work they produce and artist statement through word choice and sentence fluency. An artist's personal voice is their unique view on the world that may never be explicitly stated, but appears in the work and artist statement all the same.

Personal Voice